Interchangeable bow tie



Feb. 5, 1946. TABORSKl ETAL 2,394,024

'INTERCHANGEABLE BOW TIE.

Filed March 24, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Feb. 5, 1946. A. F. TABORSKI ETAL 2,394,024

IN TE RCHANGEABLE BOW TIE 2 Sheets- Sheet 2 Filed March 24. 1944 Patented Feb. 5, 1946 Alfred Taborski, Buffalo, and Joseph Terry, Niagara Falls :N. Y.

ApplicationMarch 24, 1944, Serial N 0. 527,941

9 Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in bow ties .andthe invention has for its primary object to provide interchangeable wing members at each side of the tie and by means of which various .styles, shapes or colors of the wings of the tie mayibe substituted so that a person may change the appearance of the tie to suit the conditions or circumstances (under which the tie is worn.

A further important object of the invention is to provide a bow tie embodying means for attaching the same to the collar button of a shirt, therebyeliminating the use of the usuallneck band for supporting the tie on a collar.

Afurther object is to provide a bow tie of this character of simple and practical construction, which is neat and attractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully had to the accompanying drawings forming part .hereof, wherein like numerals refer .to like parts throughout, and in which Figure "1 is a front elevational view.

Figure '2 is a rear elevational view.

Figure 3 is a top plan view.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially on .a lne 4-4 of Fgure 1.

Figure'5 is a plan view of one of the wing members.

Figure 6 is a side elevational view thereof.

Figure 7 is a front elevational view of a modified form of the invention.

Figure 8 is a rear elevational view thereof.

Figure 9 is a top plan view.

Figure 10 is a fragmentary sectional view through the pin and socket connection for the wings of the tie.

Figure 11 is a detail of the pin formin part of the connection, and

Figure 12 is a rear elevational view of one of the wings.

Referring now to the drawings in detail and first with reference to the form of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 to -8, inclusive, the numerals 5 and '6 designate a pair of spaced parallel rigid plates maintained in spaced relation by a connector I, the plates being covered by a fabric bow member 8 which forms the central portion of the tie.

The wings of the tie are designated at 9 and I0, respectively, each wing being of duplicate construction and includes one or more fabric members 'll shaped in the conventional form of a bow tie and preferably having the material folded upon itself and sewed at its edges; "one *of the wing members being adapted to receive between its folds, at its inner edge, an elongated flat reinforcing member 12 having one end l3 projecting beyond the inner end of the wing and provided with recesses M in the opposite faces thereof.

The outwardly projecting ends of the members 13 of the wings are inserted between the D S' and '6 at opposite sides ofthe b'ow structure 8, the member [3 being clamped against "the front plate 5 by means of jaws l-5 formed at the free end portion of a spring strip of metal secured at its intermediate portion by rivets it'to the'rear plate 6. r

The jaws l5 are moved'into clamping engagement with the members 1-3 by means of earns 11 "pivoted, as at 18, in openings 19 in'the plate 6 and having rearwardly projecting handles '20 by means of which the cams 17 maybe moved in a direction to exert pressure on the jaw -15 to close the jaws in clamping-engagement with the unem- "bers =13 as will be apparent from an inspection of Figure-4 of the drawings;

Also secured to the rear' plate 6 is :a hanger 2-1 which projects outwardly and upwardly from the plate S and through the bow material 8 outwardly thereof into a position behind thebow for supporting the tie upon the collar button of a shirt.

The upper portion of the hanger 2| i also formed with outwardly bent portions 22 at each side thereof and adapted to receive hooks of a neck band (not shown) which may be employed for securing the tie in position at the front of a collar, in place of attaching the hanger to a collar button.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Figures 7 to 12, inclusive, the wing members are designated at 23 and 24 and to the inner end of one of the wing members is secured a socket member 25 by means of a plate 26 projecting into thewing material and suitably secured thereto by stitching 21.

The socket member 25 is of rigid material and is formed with recesses or sockets 28 in the outer surface thereof.

,A pair of tapering pins 29 project outwardly from a plate member 30 which is secured between the material of the other wing member 23 by stitching 3!, the pins 29 being received in the sockets 28 to form a separable connection between the wings 23 and 24. The socket member 25 is covered with fabric 32 to represent the knot portion of thebow and may be of the same material as the wings 24, if desired.

' An elastic tape 33 is secured at one end to the rear portion of the knot material 32, one part of a snap fastener 34 being secured to the other end of the tape and adapted for engagement with secured .to the material of the wing member 23, the tape thus securing'the Wing members 23 and 24 against'separation.

In addition to the snap fasteners 34 and 35, the outer end of the tape 33 may also be provided with a hook 36 suitably. secured thereto and adapted for engagementwith an eye 31 secured to the rear surface of the wing 23, the stretching of the elastic tape 33 enabling the engagement of the hook 36 with the eye 31.

To the rear of the knot portion 32 is also attached the collar button hanger 38.

.7 From the foregoing it will be apparent that the, sections of the wing portions of thetie may be made of any suitable material and of various designs and color andafter becoming soiled or frayed may be discarded and other wing mem- :bers substituted in place thereof. 1

It will also beapparent that the color scheme of thetie may be changed, whenever desired by substituting and interchanging other wings.

It is believed the details'of construction, manner ofuse andadvantages of the device will be the other part 35 of the snap fastener which. is A jecting ends of the wings.

5. A bow tie comprising a pair of wing mem- 5 bers of flexible material, a rigid member secured readily understood from the foregoing without further detailed explanation. 1 l

f Having thus described the invention, what w claim. is:

l. A bow tie including a central portion and V wingmembers projecting from opposite sides of the central portion, at least one of said wing members having a. rigid extension at its inner end and adapted for insertion in the central portion for detachably connectingsaid wing member thereto.

2. A bow tie comprising a pair of wing members of fabric material, a rigid .member secured to each'wing and projecting from the inner end 'of the wing and a rigid member forming the center of the tie and'adaptedfor detachably receiving saidprojecting end of the first rigid member. 7,

3. .A bow tie comprising a pair of wing members of, flexible material, a rigid member secured to each wing and projecting from-the inner end 'of flexible, material, a rigid socket member secured to the inner end of one ofthe wing mem to each wing and projecting from the inner end of the wing, a pair of spaced apart rigid plates 7 having a covering of flexible material and forming the central portion of'the tie, said plates being adapted'for receiving the projecting ends of the rigid members therebetween, jaws carried by the plates for engagement with said rigid members,

and means for actuating the jaws into closed position. I I 6. A bow ti'e comprising a pairof wing members of flexible material, a rigid member secured to each wing and projecting from the'inner end of the wing,la'pair of spaced apart rigid plates havinga covering of flexiblematerial and forming the central portionof the tie, said plates being adapted for receiving the-projecting ends of the rigid members therebetween, jaws carried by the plates for engagement with said rigidmembers;

and manually operable'c'amming devices carried by the plates for moving the jaws into closed position. f 7. A bow tie comprising a pairof wing members bers and having a. recess therein, and a pin'secured to the inner end of the other'ofsaid'wing members and adapted for detachable engagement in the recess of said socket member. i

8. A bow tie comprising a pair of wing members of flexible material, interconnecting means at: the inner ends'of the wings, and resilient meansdetachably connectingthe wings to each other.

9. A bow tie comprising a pair of wing members of flexible materiaLrigid pin and socket interconnecting means at the inner ends of the wings, and an elastic tape detachably connecting the wings to each other@ K 1 r ALFRED F. TABORSKI.

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